I am so thankful for all that I have. People my age, people any age take things for granted. I am gulity of it at times. But seeing the news... Seeing what is going on... It reminds me.... I read an article somewhere saying that "If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than seventy five percent of the people in the world". I don't know how true this is.... But it blows my mind. 75%??? Are you kidding me? The very things that I take for granted as being there 75% of the world does not have? That is so sad. So sad.... Its so hard to think wrap my head around that figure... There are however many billions of people in the world... 75% of them don't have a fridge with food... do not have clothing or a place to sleep. All of these very very very basic needs. It breaks my heart. I wish I could help them all...I went out shopping last night for Christmas Presents... At the time I wished I could spend more. I enjoy giving things to family and friends... But as I sat here watching the news. I know that there are people who wished they could recieve a present. People who wished they had food!!! And  I wanted more money to buy things??? I am so blessed to have what I have and I know that. I do what I can... I help out where and however I can but I always feel like its not enough... How is it fair that I have a house, car, a job, food and there are people who die each and every day from starvation?? 

And with everything that is going on in India... Its so sad all those people. 195 families now have lost mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children. Its so sad... And our ongoing war in Iraq? people tend to forget about the number of people that have died over there. I know the list is huge by now... I think its over 4,200 now... People see that hear that and its just a number... a figure a statistic.. But its not. Those are all people. They were someones Son, brother, father, sister, mother, daughter, aunt or uncle. It's so sad..... That is over 4,000 families forever changed.....

Its just so hard to watch the news now. Its a crazy world that we live in....My problems that I have and the things I can get upset over seem so small and so insignificant compared to the problems of the world...

 I am so blessed and thankful for all that I have.